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Event Details

Discover practical and immediate ways to bring your meetings to life.

This one day workshop covers the basics of getting more from meetings, and how to bring them alive. It complements the ideas in our book, Creative Facilitation, and offers hands-on learning in a small group.

Who should attend?

Anyone responsible for organising and leading meetings - whether it's internal, with stakeholders, for consultation, feedback or generating ideas. Anyone who is frustrated by boring, uneventful, and time-wasting meetings.

What can I expect?

You'll be surprised by the variety and depth of ways to engage people, and you'll experience for yourself what each feels like. You'll share your reactions and insights with other professionals grappling with the same issues that you are. You'll spend very little time sitting down, a lot of time doing; and while our appraoches are grounded in behavioural science, you won't be bombarded with theory. You'll leave with practical ideas to try at your next meeting or event.

What topics do you cover?

We'll explore these approaches, as well as tips and tricks along the way.

The role of the facilitator in the group - How to let the group do the work. Avoiding the mistakes that traditional education teaches us about how people share and learn.

Openings and Closings - Ground rules for welcomes and introductions, and for drawing to a satisfying close.

Pacing - The value of changes of pace and moving between solo, small group and large group working.

Sociometry - Measuring relationships in a group and enabling connection to each other and the purpose of the meeting.

Full Circle - A participatory approach to information sharing that helps a group connect and engage with the content.

Beyond Words - Using photos, action and story to share experiences.

You’ll participate in the processes and learn by doing.

Limited to just 18 people, there will be lots of opportunities to share experiences, practice what you are learning and plan for lively meetings.

Your host...

Viv McWaters worked as a journalist, and in communications, and community education, training and strategy development. She now specialises in facilitation and participatory evaluation and draws on her background in the natural sciences and arts. Viv help groups discover new approaches to the work that matters for them, and designs workshops, conferences and training to bring them to life.

Viv studied agricultural science at Longerenong Agricultural College, and has a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from RMIT University, and a Masters in Applied Science (Agriculture and Rural Development) from the University of Western Sydney.

Improvisation is a constant source of inspiration, as is nature, play and the surprising things that people say and do. Currently, Viv is researching the role of applied improvisation in preparing people to respond in uncertainty, particularly disaster response.

"Highly recommended. It was a refreshing and energising experience, excellent for those both new to facilitation and those with more experience wanting to reconnect with the art of facilitation. Creative Facilitation reinforces a strengths-based approach to working with groups. Ego-less facilitation; masterfully designed and facilitated, thanks to Viv." Lindy Amos, Collective Possibilities

"It delivered! I feel refreshed, energised, equipped, inspired and confident following the workshop. I have very concrete tools to immediately implement." Genevieve Roberts, Consultant Facilitator

"The greatest part of the Creative Facilitation workshop is the learning space Viv creates. Not only do you learn her facilitation methods and theory, you get to live and breathe them by participating in activities and experiencing them for yourself. So valuable." Melanie Starr, Northcote Rental Housing Cooperative

“After attending too many trainings that resemble expired fruit, Viv’s facilitation was like eating fresh strawberries on a park bench. Forget about traditional concepts of learning, brainstorming or group discussions. This may be one of the most useful courses you will ever attend because it gives busy managers tools and ideas to facilitate groups, extract the best ideas and organise information in a captivating and effective way.” Stephen Harries, World Vision

The Small Print

GST of 10% is added to your registration fee.

Cost includes morning and afternoon teas, and lunch.

We understand that sometimes plans change. If you find you need to cancel, we'll be sorry and will reimburse your registration fee less a 20% handling charge. We can't accept cancellations after November 11, 2016. Substitutions are okay.